Hoof-pad



(No Model.)

T. W. LEONARD.

- HOOP PAD. N0. 323,166. Patented July 28, 1885.

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UNiT-nn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, THOMAS WV. LEONARD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HOOF-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,166, dated July 28, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. LEONARD, of Detroit, in the county of WVayne and State of Michigan, having invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Pads; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which lorm a part of this specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and novel improvements in horseshoe-pads.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and means employed for securing a pad-plate to the bottom of ahorseshoe, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a bottom plan of a horseshoe with my improvement attached thereto. Fig; 2 is a perspective of thennder side of the plate removed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a plate which is designed to overlap the inner edges of the horseshoe between the calks. Upon the rear side of this plate, and near the toe thereof, is rigidly secured a locking-bar, B, the ends of which are raised from the face of the plate a sufficient distance, so as to pass under the shoe and hold that portion of the plate in place.

O are the overlapping adjustable locking bars or plates, which are secured to the plate A by means of suitable screws, a, which pass through slots 1) in the plate A, and are tapped into the locking-plates O beneath. These plates 0 are secured together adjustably by means of a headed stud on each plate, which passes through a coincident slot in each plate, as shown. Each of the plates is provided with a downwardly-projecting spur, which, is designed to be laterally projected so as to pass between the hoof of the animal and the shoe, and are locked in such projected positions by means ofsuitablt screws, 0, which pass through the holes in the plate and are tapped into the locking adjustable plate 0 beneath.

In practice the plates 0 are retracted sufficiently so that the plate A may be placed upon the shoe, thelocking-bar B engaging beneath the shoe at the toe. The plates 0 are then projected until their spurs engage between the shoe and the hoof, when they are secured to place by the screws 0. If desired, the lockingplates C may be of sufficint thickness so as when in place to come in contact with the frog, although such is not essential in all cases. By the employment of a pad of this character the liability of balling with snow is entirely avoided, as there are no places exposed in which the snow can pack.

In case it is desired to pack the foot, the desired packing may be used and will be retained in place by the employment of this pad-plate, without the necessity of doing the animals foot up in an unsightly boot.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In combination with a horseshoe, a plate, A, provided with a stationary locking-bar near its toe and adjustable locking-plates near the heel, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with a horseshoe, the plate A, provided with the rigid locking-bar B, and adjustablelocking-plates 0, when constructed, arranged, and operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

THOMAS \V. LEONARD.

WVitnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. J. SOULLY. 

